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Concept

Pregnancy--Signs and diagnosis

Images

  • A philosopher in his study, consulted by an old woman to determine from a flask of urine whether the young woman accompanying her is pregnant. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck or a follower of Egbert van Heemskerck, ca. 1680/1799.
  • A philosopher in his study, consulted by an old woman to determine from a flask of urine whether the young woman accompanying her is pregnant. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck or a follower of Egbert van Heemskerck, ca. 1680/1799.
  • A signed prescription for an HIV test with a pregnancy test kit and a warning that you must take the HIV test before you test positive for pregnancy to help prevent the spread of AIDS; advertisement for the AIDS information line by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph, 1993.
  • A pregnancy test kit with a warning that if your pregnancy test is positive, you must also take the test for HIV to prevent the spread of AIDS and infecting your baby; advertisement for the AIDS information line by the Illinois Department pf Public Health. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A signed prescription for an HIV test with a pregnancy test kit and a warning that you must take the HIV test before you test positive for pregnancy to help prevent the spread of AIDS; advertisement for the AIDS information line by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph, 1993.

Catalogue

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    On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

    Tanner, Thomas Hawkes, 1824-1871. | Date: 1868
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    The Obstetric catechism : containing two thousand three hundred and forty-seven questions and answers on obstetrics proper / by Joseph Warrington.

    Warrington, Joseph, -1888. | Date: 1854 [c.1853]
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    An exposition of the signs and symptoms of pregnancy : the period of human gestation, and the signs of delivery / By W.F. Montgomery.

    Montgomery, W. F. (William Fetherston Haugh), 1797-1859. | Date: 1839
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    Observations on diseases of the uterus, in which are included remarks on moles, polypi, and prolapsus : with the characteristics ... marks of those diseases which ... are sometimes mistaken for pregnancy / [George Rees].

    Rees, George, 1776?-1846. | Date: [between 1800 and 1809?]
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    Observations on obstetric auscultation : with an analysis of the evidences of pregnancy, and an inquiry into the proofs of the life and death of the ftus in utero.

    Kennedy, Evory, 1806?-1886. [from old catalog]. | Date: 1843

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